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Cumulative Log 1977–2020 CALENDAR OF EVENTS AT THE INSTITUTE Academic Year April 1977 - March 1978 April 1, 1977 Two new research members (on a one year con- tract) join our staff: Oda Yoshiko (Islamic studies, ~ufism) Narikawa Mineo (history of Set6 Zen, ~esshfi) April 14 Start of the series of monthly dialogue ses- sions with the redaction committee of the Pure Land Buddhist journal Gankai April 22 Start of the series of fortnightly seminars for the Institute members: each in turn gives a report of the research in process, followed by a general discussion. May 20 Resumption of the interdisciplinary seminar on Shinran under .the guidance of Professor Take- uchi Yoshinori . June 3 Colloquium on "Japanese religiosity1'-given by Prof. Nishitani Keiji, professor emeritus of Kyoto University. September 17 The Institute co-sponsors a public lecture on Siberian archeology by Prof. Joachim Werner, professor emeritus of Miinchen University. October 14-16 Three members (Jan Van Bragt, Jan Swyngedouw, and Oda ~oshiko)read a paper at the Annual Convention of the Japanese Association for Religious Studies , held at Aichi Gakuin Uni- versity (~a~o~a) October 14 Colloquium on "The scriptural sources of the Upadesa and their respective value" given by Prof. Etienne Lamotte, professor emeritus of Louvain University (held at the site of the above-mentioned convention) January 4-6, 1978: Buddhist-Christian Symposium (see report below) Further items should be mentioned: - Co-sponsoring by the Institute of, and active participation by the members in inter-religious dialogue meetings: Conference on Religion in Modern Society (CORMOS) Tokyo, July 19-20, 1977 Kyoto, December 27-28, 1977 World Conference on Religion and Peace (WCRP) Nikk6, March 17-14, 1978 Ecumenical Group for the Study of Interfaith Dialogue ( EGSID) Tokyo, April 2-4, 1977 Omiya, November 19-20, 1977 - Direction of seminars on Japanese religion by members of the Institute: Himeji, May 1-3, 1977 Kyoto, August 3-5, 1977 Taipei (~aiwan),October 26-28, 1977 Nagoya, January 2-4, 1978 CALENDAR OF EVENTS AT THE INSTITUTE Academic Year April 1978 - March 1979 April 1, 1978 : Jan Swyngedouw, CICM, moves to Nagoya to become a full-time fellow. Kobayashi Kazushige (Buddhist folk religion, Shugend6) joins our staff as a research fellow on a one year con- tract . April 4-6 : James Beckford, lecturer in the Sociology of Religion at the University of Durham, England, visits the Institute. April 16 : The first of a series of meetings of the Ex- ecutive Committee of our East-West Spiritual Exchange plan (cf. article below) is held. April 30-May 2 : Jan Swyngedouw and Jan Van Bragt lead a seminar on "Current Japanese Religiosityu for the CICM Fathers in Himeji. May 16 : The series of monthly dialogue sessions with the Buddhist GANKAI group is resumed. May 29 : Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for our guest house, "the Paulus Heim". June 19 : A colloquium on I1ShugendG,the Mountain Religion" is given by Gorai Shigeru, professor at Btani University, Kyoto. June 23 : The Director leaves for Europe in preparation for the East-West Spiritual Exchange project, and a Seminar on "Zen and Christianity" in The Hague. July 31 : Our first book, Nanzan Symposium I, Religious Experience and Language appears, published by Kinokuniya, Tokyo. August 31 : Our Bulletin Nr. 2 appears. September 1 : James Heisig joins our staff as a full-time fellow. October 1 : consultations leading to the incorporation of the Institute into Nanzan University begin. January 1-2, 1979 : Seven members of the C.I.S.R. (Confdrence Internationale de Sociologie Religieuse) visit our institute : Professors Carlo Caldarola (Alberta), Karel Dobbelaere (Leuven), Thomas Luckmann (Konstanz), David and Bernice Martin (London), Hans Mol OlcMaster), and Bryan Wilson (Oxford). There is an informal symposium followed by a New Year party. January 25 : Inauguration ceremonies for our new guest house "the Paulus Heim," are held. February 7 : A colloquium on "Buddhism and Christianity" is given by Fritz Buri, Professor Emeritus of Basel University. From Feb. 5 - 8, Prof. and Mrs. Buri are our first guests in the Paulus Heim. March 26-29 : A Preparatory Seminar for our East-West Spiritual Exchange project is held in Sankt Augustin, Germany (near Bonn). CALENDAR OF EVENTS AT THE INSTITUTE Academic Year April 1979 - March 1980 April 1, 1979 : The Institute is incorporated into Nanzan University. Hino Sh6un (the relationship of Hinduism and Indian Buddhism) joins our staff as a. research fellow ona one year contract, and Kobayashi Kazushige receives a one- year renewal of his contract. Sat5 Michio, Professor at Ryiikoku University in Kyoto, begins a year's study of Christianity as a visiting scholar at the Institute. April 11 : A seminar of the Amida Sutra and its interpretation according to the "five houses" esoteric tradition begins. April 21 : Press Conference in Sophia University (Tokyo) on the forthcoming East-West Spiritual Exchange Program (see article below). April 26 : The series of bi-monthly dialogue sessions with the Buddhist GANKAI group resumes. April 27 : A monthly seminar on "Problems of the Apostolate in ~apan"begins (cosponsored by Bishop S6ma Nobuo of Nagoya diocese). May 4 : A conference and colloquium on "Euthanasia" is presented by Henry van Straelen SVD, Professor emeritus of Nanzan University. June 2-3 : A preparatory seminar for the participants in the East- West Spiritual Exchange Program is held at bhe Institute. June 5 : A colloquium on "The Rise of Neo-Confucian Orthodoxy in Yuan china" is presented by Theodore W. De Bary, Pro- fessor of Columbia University, New York. June 6 : A seminar of Karl Rahner's GRUNDKURS DES GLAUBENS is initiated. June 18 : ABSOLUTE NOTHINGNESS, the first volume of our projected series, Nanzan Studies in Religion and Culture, is accepted for publication by the Paulist Press of New York. July 27 : The Director leaves for Europe to conduct a seminar on "Buddhism in the West" at the Salzburger Hochschulwochen (July 30-August 10) and for participation in the East- West Spiritual Exchange Program. August 17 : The Zen Calligraphy Exhibition opens at Cologne's Municipal Museum for Eas t-Asian Art. September 3-23 : Thirty-nine Japanese religionists take up residence in European monasteries and hold demonstrations of ZendE in Cologne-Bonn, Amsterdam, The Hague, Brussels, Paris, and Munich . September 26 : The East-West Spiritual Exchange group is granted an audience with Pope John Paul 11. September 30 : Bulletin Nr.3 of the Institute appears. November 7 : J. Van Bragt and J. Swyngedouw lecture on Christianity at the DendEin (formation seminary) of Nishi-Honganji (Kyoto). November 13 : A colloquium on "~eligiousResearch in a Global Community" is presented by Thomas Berry, Professor emeritus of Fordham University and Director of The Riverdale Center of Religious Research, New York. November 18 : A meeting of the Ecumenical Group for the Study of Inter- faith Dialogue (EGSID) is held at the Institute. November 24 : A colloquium on he Philosophy of Cardinal Wojtila" is conducted by Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, President of The World Institute for Advanced Phenomenological Research and Learning. November 27 : A colloquium on "The Basis of Rudolf Otto's Philosophy of Religion" is presented by Ansgar Paus OSB, Professor of Salzburg University, Austria. December 6 : A colloquium on "The Dialectic of Plotinus" is presented by R. Baine Harris, Chairman of the Department of Philosophy, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia. January 10, 1980: A colloquium on "Ethical Perspectives in Shinran" is con- ducted by Alfred Bloom) Professor of Hawaii University. March 31-April 2: The Third Nanzan (Buddhist-Christian) Symposium is held at the Institute on the theme "Christianity and the Kyoto School of Philosophy (Nishida Ki tar-6, Tanabe Haj ime) .I' CALENDAR OF EVENTS AT THE INSTITUTE Academic Year April 1980 - March 1981 March 31-April 2 : The Third Nanzan (Buddhist-Christian) Symposium is held at the Institute on the theme "Christianity and the Kyoto School of Philosophy (Nishida ~itaro,Tanabe Hajime) ." April 1 : Hino Shoun receives a one-year renewal of his contract as a research fellow. April 3 : Prof. Dr. Hans Waldenfels, Dean of the Department of Theology at Bonn University, who stayed with us from March 22, returns to Germany. April 4 : Prof. Graham Howes, Director of Studies for the "Religious and Social Change Programme" at the University of Cambridge, visits the Institute. April 23 : The series of monthly seminars on the Amida Sutra and its interpretation according to the esoteric ~hinsh; tradition (soden) resumes. April 28 : Father Matthias Eder SVD, founder and editor of the Asian Folklore Studies journal, passes away at age 78. For the last four years Fr. Eder had his editorial office in our building and was a "fatherly presence" in our midst. April 30 : The series of bi-monthly dialogue sessions with the Buddhist GANKAI group resumes. May 8 : Prof. Fausto Gomez OP, Dean of the Department of Theology at the Santo ~omAsUniversity of Manila, visits the Insti- tute. May 20 : A colloquium on "The Structure of the Mandala in Esoteric Buddhism" is presented by Miyasaka ~;sho, Professor of Indian Philosophy at Nagoya State University. May 31 : Members of the Institute participate in the meeting of the Ecumenical Group for the Study of Interfaith Dial-ogue (EGSID) at Sophia University in Tokyo. June 11 : Religion and Nothingness, a translation of Nishitani Keiji's sh;kyo to wa nani ka, is accepted for publication in our English-language monograph 3eries by the University of California Press. June 14 : A contract is signed with the ~hunj;sha Publishing Co. of Tokyo Eor the publication of Symposium 111. October 6 : A colloquium (co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy) on "Man, a ~ialogue"is presented by Prof. Heinrich Rombach of Wurzburg University. October 5-9 : Hava Lazarus-Yafeh, Professor of Islamic Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and her two children visit US.
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